BXBX NOVEL Chapter 9 Dantian Awakening...
Chiron knew that although Aleen said he was going to see their mother, he actually meant that he was going to see her grave. Now that Chiron thought of it, Tomorrow was the dead lady's anniversary. Of course, it was also Nora's birthday. That was the reason why he always insisted on taking her to the grave.
Chiron nodded in understanding and left.
Very early in the morning, Chiron left the house with a small bucket in hand and moved deep into the woods. This was the place he usually trained all day long. However, he was here for a different reason. He first looked around and made sure no one was watching him. This particular experiment was to be kept a secret from all eyes and ears.
He lifted up a bunch of leaves from the ground, revealing a small pit. This pit had in it, cages. The moment he revealed the cages, the creatures in them squeaked rowdily.
These were called Rainbow mice. They were called rainbow mice because the end of their nose and twin tails had colors like the rainbow. These creatures unlike most would expect were purely herbivorous animals.
On this continent, which had creatures that were more dominant in spirit energy, Rainbow mice were not so easy to find. He had accidentally found a small hole of them when he was training early in the morning.
These creatures were ranked the lowest of creatures in this world. In fact, they were not even ranked, scoring low on the food chain as Nearly-cored beasts.
Just as the name implied, Nearly-cored beasts were creatures with no cores or about to form cores. They could barely sense any form of energy and were a good source of meat if one was looking to eat meat with untainted energy.
Although it sounded like a small matter, it actually was not. If a cultivator in Elemental energy ate the meat of a beast that cultivated a different kind of energy from the one the individual cultivated, it could seriously impair cultivation as a result of the mixture of energies.
Chiron desired to cultivate Aura. But he was also a skeptical person by nature. Even though he was absolutely sure about his reincarnation in this world and that the technique he wanted to use to activate Aura was the right one, he knew he was no god. Which meant that mistakes could happen.
Adding to the fact that he had searched as far as he could for the herbs necessary for the ritual process but was still missing some items, he was not ready to use his own body as a lab experiment.
This was the reason for the Rainbow mice.
Because the prominent energy on this continent was Spirit energy, it made it difficult for Chiron to find Aura-infused plants. In fact, he had to use a lot of different plants as supplements for the ones he was lacking.
Chiron poured in the contents of the bucket in the cages as food for the Rainbow Mice. If things went the way he was sure they would today, then he was sure to start his Aura Cultivating experiments.
After he was done feeding them, he made his way back home. Today was the Dantain awakening ceremony and he was probably more expectant than any of the clan members.
After readying his things, he began his journey to the Clan square. His house was at least three to four kilometers away from the clan square, sitting far back at the clan just close enough to the dormant volcano.
As he walked, he noticed that he was being followed. Knowing who it was, he stopped and turned, "Come out Ra ra. I know it's you."
A tiny figure came out of the bushes. It was his younger sister Nora. She had been stalking him since he left the house. "Ra ra, don't you know you are not supposed to leave the house without telling father first?" he scolded in a low tone.
"I know, but... But I don't want to go see mother. That place creeps me out a lot," she shook her head and body in disgust at remembering the graveyard. "Big brother, I want to go with you. I want to see the Dantian Awakening ceremony," she pleaded with him.
"I don't know," Chiron pretended not to be in support of her decision, "I don't think father will approve," he shook his head.
"Please! Please!! I promise I'll be a good girl," she held his hand and swung it back and forth to make a convincing point. "After all, it's my birthday and you have not even given me a gift."
Chiron sighed loudly, "Okay! but that means I don't get to give you anything for your birthday, okay?"
She did not even think more about it. "Okay!" she agreed, nodding her head.
Chiron smiled as he took her hand...
Although Chiron had left early enough, the square was still filled with children by the time he arrived. Parents were not allowed for this occasion and as soon as parents dropped off their kids, they left.
This was the first time he was seeing the square since that day two years ago that he came into this world. The Stature of a man holding a dragon's head still remained in front of the Chief's home. Everything was just as he remembered it in his dream of this world. The Square was wide and served as the center point of the clan.
Nora had never been in the midst of this many people before. She clung to his leg like drying glue on paper.
The children were all between the ages of seven to thirteen. The age gap was made wide in other to capture many children under one teaching generation.
Many of the children interacted with one another, even forming little clicks here and there. However, Chiron and Nora were different. In fact, Chiron stood at a corner away from most eyes.
Although he stayed away from most eyes, One particular person still spotted him. It was Cablen, his cousin. Cablen grinned. With no doubt about it, Chiron knew that another trouble was about to unfold.